Brave James blends dreamy alt-pop, maximalist electro production and multi-layered psychedelic vocal harmonies as he whips up a whirlwind of multi-generational influences into a sound that sits right at home in 2021. Those traits both flourish and prosper in his debut single ‘Soldier’, which is out now.

‘Soldier’ is driven by a pulsating rhythm which blends a culture clash of electro-pop grooves and a militaristic marching beat. It’s a startling symphony which takes a surprising twist as Brave James’ heavenly vocals echo around the ether, simultaneously otherworldly unorthodox and swiftly soothing. The song’s percussive march is perfectly apt for the song’s lyrics. It draws poetic parallels between a soldier’s excursion into the unknown and someone’s urgent quest to find some kind of meaning in their life.

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Following up on the 2020 release of their second EP ‘All Hail To Your Queen’, Bristol-based atmospheric Alt-Pop quartet Ålesund return with ‘Lightning’, the first single taken from their upcoming EP ‘A Thread In The Dark’, due for release Spring 2021. The increasingly expansive, hauntingly cinematic track is due for release February 26th, with the music video following soon after on March 5th.

After the untimely curtailing of their European Tour in Spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Ålesund travelled back to the UK. Alba Torriset retreated to her hometown of Hastings to try and reconnect with music in a positive way.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Singer-songwriter and producer Devin Kennedy has shared his most vulnerable single yet, “Hurt U.” The song shares some details of Kennedy’s own experiences to create a raw, honest story about falling in love.

“Hurt U” follows single releases “Sundress,” a sunshine-infused love letter to your favorite person, and “Mean To Me,” a bold anthem about being your own worst enemy that features buzzing songstress Caroline Kole. The singles have landed Kennedy on playlists including Spotify‘s soda, Chill Pop and Fresh Finds, Apple Music’s Relationship Goals and New In Pop and Amazon Music’s Breakthrough Pop and Brand New Music, as well as earning praise from pop superstar Meghan Trainor.

Since then, Kennedy has written and produced for other artists including Ben Platt, EBEN, Jake Miller, Alex Aiono and more.

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Beginning as music students busking on the streets, Drax Project has grown into one of the most-watched groups ever to come out of New Zealand. Through their own headline tours + international festival performances and opening for the likes of Ed Sheeran, Christina Aguilera, Lorde, Brian McKnight & Camila Cabello, the band have emerged as one of the world’s ‘must see’ young live acts. Singles off the self-titled debut (300/Universal) album has collected over 350 million streams worldwide and 15 Platinum certifications to date.

As one of the most-watched groups to have ever come out of New Zealand, 4-piece busker band turned stadium-filling pop group Drax Project are leading the charge in the surging wave of talent emerging from the country. Their new summer soaked single ‘Over It’ is set for release on March 19. The band’s previous release ‘Firefly’, a collaboration with Fetty Wap, saw the band experiment crossing genres.

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Rising pop-artist Tomi Saario has unveiled the official music video for his latest single ‘Someone Like You’. Produced by multi-platinum German production team Hitimpulse (Ellie Goulding, Kygo), the romantic single has garnered support from Spotify New Music Friday playlists across Europe. Directed by Max Motel, the music video is a creative and visceral experience, inspired by the rush of Berlin at night. In the twelve months since his debut single ‘Just A Little’, Tomi has garnered support from the likes of Wonderland, Rollacoaster and The BRIT Awards, as well as major radio and tv stations across Europe, picking up 8 million streams in the process. His Spandau Ballet-sampling previous single ‘Coconut Water’ with French production duo We Are Gold topped the most played list on Virgin Radio, as well as grabbing over 154k Shazams, becoming the second most Shazamed song in France. The latest exciting Scandinavian taking the globe by storm, 2021 sees Tomi Saario ready to take things to the next level.

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Introducing Morgan Wade. Her Album Is out on March 19th via Thirty Tigers It’s really kicking off in the US for Morgan Wade gaining major support for the Virginia-based singer and guitarist coming from the likes of Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue and more for the excellent singles ‘Don’t Cry’ and ‘Wilder Days’.

Morgan's voice is a raspy soprano that can sooth or growl in equal measure, which she incorporates with her excellent blend of country, rock and pop. Her songwriting is honest, self-deprecating and insightful. It captures the singer’s four-year journey to sobriety, who now at 26 highlights a better understanding of herself and her newly developed inner confidence through the songs in her record.

The album has been produced with Sadler Vaden, long-time guitarist for Jason Isbell as well as an acclaimed solo artist, along with the Grammy-winning Paul Ebersold as engineer.

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Introducing 19-year-old singer and songwriter, Tulliah. Hailing from Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Tulliah writes from a place of heartfelt experiences with melodies that seamlessly wash over you. Today, she has revealed her captivating new single ‘Just My Type (A Little Bit Lonely)’ - a deluge of earnest songwriting with a profound sound that catapults Tulliah well beyond her young years.

Beginning its life as a piano ballad called ‘Imagine’, the single took on numerous lives with Tulliah and producer Dean Tuza (Stella Donnelly, The Rubens) who tinkered, tampered and peeled away the song layer by layer until it found its ultimate home in its final form as the extraordinary ‘Just My Type (A Little Bit Lonely)’. “I remember the exact moment when I sat at the piano and the first verse flowed out of me. I felt like it was something special even at its earliest stage,” Tulliah reminisces.

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CLOE WILDER is an indie-pop singer-songwriter from Clearwater, Florida. At just 14-years-old, Cloe has a voice beyond her years, creating melancholic, yet incredibly relatable songs. From an early age, her artistic talents started thriving as she started taking piano lessons, which consequently helped her to discover her passions for singing. In December 2018, Cloe started her YouTube channel where she began to cover songs by Halsey, Alessia Cara, Billie Eilish, Sasha Sloan, and more…

She kicked off 2020 with the release of “Crying When I Shouldn’t” mixed and mastered by Grammy Award winners Rob Kinelski and John Greenham (Billie Eilish) and co-written and produced by Eric Scullin. Cloe followed it up with her second release of the year, “You & Lonely”, in June. The song is co-written by Cloe and produced by Jayme Silverstein (Alicia Keys, Miguel, Estelle). Cloe’s single off of her upcoming EP “It’s True”, is out now, and was the first song she wrote for the project. Cloe's debut EP, 'Teenage Lullabies' features the single "I Wanna Be Alone With You" and is available now.

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Sätilä is a Finnish artist, songwriter and producer combining indie/alternative music with pop sensibilities. We catch up with him following the release of a synth and electronic music leaning EP last September, Sätilä is shifting gears and embracing the music of his youth. You can hear his influences of The Killers, Mew and Disco Ensemble in this energetic and anthemic belter. Lyrically inspired by climate change and feeling inept in fighting it, it's about the realisation of how we're all connected and in it together. The song started as a band jam after seeing Danish alt-rock band Mew live at Tavastia Club in Helsinki in November 2014 but the demo was left on his hard drive for years.

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After only 2 months established in the UK, the OOOOO app recently ranked as the number #1 shopping app in the apple store in the UK.

OOOOO is a live-streaming video commerce platform that helps people earn a living doing what they love. The company was founded in 2020 by Sam Jones (ex-Wish) and Eric Zhang (ex TikTok) and they have offices in Oxford and Shanghai. OOOOO have studios in their offices in Oxford and are building studios in offices across the UK. They have a studio in Soho London, for creators to use, to access stock 24/7.

The app follows a mega trend in China for live shopping, already estimated to be worth US $180 billion dollars a year in sales. Through the OOOOO platform, consumers can access real people reviewing real products in live shows, which they can buy in a couple of clicks from the OOOOO app.

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Maximilian White started his business journey at a young age learning business fundamentals from his father. He became Britain’s youngest bar Manager at 17 with his own location. Max made his money through bars, music, tech, property investment ventures.

Maximillian is now building Europe’s largest medicinal cannabis farms and his latest business venture will be worth £3.5 billion alone in the next five years. Maximillian’s company will supply high quality medical cannabis respecting EU-GMP specifications which are the highest quality standard for the pharmaceutical industry.

We sat down with Maximillian to discuss his rollercoaster journey to becoming a billionaire entrepreneur.

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19 year old London-based rapper HEN$HAW is a rising rap talent. He started making music with best friend, frequent collaborator and producer goodbyechase in school— they both had big dreams and knew they had to work hard on their craft to be successful. A versatile rapper and MC who has combined multiple genres such as drill, garage, grime, emo rap and trap metal in his music.

Despite being relatively unknown to the mainstream world, he’s becoming one of the most sought-after emerging rappers around— one that is capable of achieving great things. Having released countless underground tracks online in 2018 which were met with a warm reception from fans, HEN$HAW has built a solid and loyal fan base in the UK and around the world in countries such as Australia, Germany, the US, Russia, Belgium and more. Since then, he has released memorable tracks such as “Paper Planes”, “LOWKEY”, “McCARTNEY” and the much anticipated new single “COZY”. With sold out headline gigs in his hometown Camden, being handpicked to perform at a Music for Youth gig, supporting artists in and around London, and performing in Belgium with his own collective LOVE SEPT., HEN$HAW’s live performances have been known to be, both electric and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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The optimistically titled Good Year, released January 22nd, is a self-described pop-croon slush fest, spitting in the eye of the ‘major downer’ that was 2020. Reminiscent of early-Joji, Chvrches and Post Malone. The song is an upbeat take on what really matters and what 2021 might hold, with sincere vocals and a pretty-thumping beat to get you right in the feels. Good Year received its debut airplay on Kerrang’s Fresh Blood show on January 13th.

The video was shot at Barossa nature reserve on the anniversary of the brothers becoming a “real” band, they played their first show at the Windmill Brixton on November 19th 2019. The boys came into 2020 looking forward to building on that.

On furlough and bubbled-up, they used the me-time productively putting out 5 singles and making some fun music videos, they continue to build steady support from local radio and BBC Introducing.

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Former Fandangle bassist Andy B unites the Ska/Punk/Folk elite for charity album.

This release is a completely-DIY record, comprising of 172-Musicians including members of RX Bandits, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, [Spunge], Zebrahead, Hayseed Dixie, MC Lars, Suburban Legends, Death By Stereo and Call Me Malcolm.

The album is a commentary on life today vocalised by combined voices from across the globe, raising money for charities that help the homeless and the disadvantaged get into music, whilst promoting ambition and unity.

Andy has always had a vested interest in charity and helping the homeless, he was involved in a charity which provides hot meals to rough sleepers, but when he happened across a homeless community whilst travelling in Australia during 2016 it was their stories that gave birth to this idea.

Combining his love for travel, making music and raising money for those in need, he decided to create a record not only including established musicians but also giving a platform for those musicians at busker and bedroom level. Andy travelled the USA coast to coast collecting submissions one by one, revisiting old friendships as well as making new ones.

Fast forward to the end of 2019 and despite a global pandemic that is still shaping our lives, the project has grown from around 50 musicians right up to 172, making it the massive collaboration it is today.

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Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your journey with music to date?

My journey really started because my father was a performing musician who paid his way through college gigging, so I was raised in a home where music was a constant. I started writing my own music when I was 16 or so but didn’t really take it seriously as a career until I was about 19. I formed a blues-rock three-piece called The Waymires that I recorded and performed with for a few years. Looking back, that was a really formative time in my career. I learned how to play with a live group, how to read other players, and really got my hands dirty while doing it. I moved to Nashville when I was 24 and started working on my own music at that time. That’s when I really started to flex my writing skills and let it guide my career decisions. I came out with an EP called Generation Love that was all based on 50’s pop and themed around topics of racism and sexism. It was definitely inspired by my move to the South. I had a bit of culture shock with how open people were with their prejudices. Nashville is a very liberal place, but it is centred in the middle of a very conservative state.

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Unrestricted by sonic or geographic boundaries, Ghita’s vision has created a style of futuristic pop with an appeal that stretches across the continents. Tastemakers on both sides of the Atlantic have heralded her huge potential, with plaudits including Clash, PAPER and Wonderland. She’s being discovered by a growing fanbase, earning 3 million streams on Spotify plus 1.2 million views at YouTube in just a few early releases.

Following the success of Real Lies remix featuring CKay, Ghita now shares the new single ‘No Stopping’ as she gears up for the release of her debut EP ‘LOST ANGELES’ on December 10th. She co-wrote the track with the Grammy-nominated Kimberly ‘Kaydence’ Krysiuk (Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’) and Casolina, with production from 9AM (Ty Dolla $ign, Jason Derulo).

While Ghita is still very much a rising talent, ‘No Stopping’ possesses the maturity of a seasoned artist. Its meditative aura blends modern production flourishes within a spacious slow-burning ballad. Meanwhile, Ghita’s beautiful tone balances the purity of the song’s sentiment with the astute taste not to overplay its drama. It’s an utterly confident performance, but one that was inspired by a fleeting moment of self-doubt.

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The legendary Nile Rodgers has teamed up with Global superstar DJ Cedric Gervais and rising talent Franklin to unveil a reworking of the CHIC 1978 iconic dance smash hit ‘Everybody Dance’. The new version includes brand new re-recorded guitar parts from the three-time Grammy award winner and global icon Nile Rodgers.

Sometimes the best things in life happen in entirely unexpected ways. When Cedric Gervais collaborated with Franklin, you already had an intriguing proposition. Gervais is a global icon of the house music scene with a Grammy Award to his credit for his remix of Lana Del Rey’s ‘Summertime Sadness’ as well as 3.5 million monthly listeners at Spotify.

Meanwhile, Franklin is a multifaceted one to watch, having remixed Mabel, James Arthur and AJ Mitchell, topped the UK Dance Chart and collaborated on Karen Harding x Digital Farm Animals, which was highlighted as Radio 1’s Tune of the Weekend. Cedric discovered Franklin’s early remixes and work with Digital Farm Animals, and reached out to collaborate with one of the scene’s most exciting new underground talents.

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Perth-based Hip Hop group HV Music brings this proverbial rule to action with their forthcoming 13-track EP, ‘TRAPSUPPER’

Shortly after the ensemble was formed in 2018, consisting of childhood friends and homegrown versatile rappers Mornz, Luwii, and Rzy—alongside The Don, Jnr, and Keem—the group envisioned to put together this project. However, they decided to put its release on hold, and wait ‘till they could execute it to the standard they all believe in.

Their single, ‘Gucci, which was released earlier this month, sets the tone of the EP. This audio collage of Hip Hop, Trap, Alternative R&B, and Rap is a fusion of genres and sounds. The variety of the tracks are stitched together by a sonic vision that merges hyped productions and classic noises that don't drown out each rapper’s ability to eloquently but speedily mumble their musings and emotions. For this project, the rappers wrote down their own lyrics, interjecting their own individual styles.

Inspired and influenced by the career trajectories and styles of Gunna, Lil Baby, Drake, and Lil Durk, among others, HV Music has now more than 50,000 streams collectively, over 10 shows. This promising team has eyes on releasing music videos, and doing collaborations and shows for the rest of the year.

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